William Aylor Berry Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-37
Scope and Contents
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Lawyer. Campaign material (1950) from Berry's race for the Democratic nomination to the Fifth Oklahoma Congressional District, including press releases, radio spots, speeches, and three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; and a scrapbook (1941-1946) with material about Berry's experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war in the Philippines. William Aylor Berry Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1941-1950
Creator
Extent
1 ft. (1 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of William Aylor Berry.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Berry, William Aylor. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1951.
- Berry, William A. (William Aylor), 1915-
- Bilibid Prison (Manila, Philippines)
- Cabanatuan (Philippines : Concentration camp)
- Elections -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Elections, 1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- 1907- Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Press releases Subject Source: Ftamc
- Prisoners of war -- Philippines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sanborn, Philip Harvey
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Ftamc
- Speches Subject Source: Ftamc
- Tirk, Richard F.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
